Prisoners Page #18

174 EXT. BUSY STREET - DAY 174

Joys's POV:
walking along the side of the road as cars

fly by looking like astral comets, the sound of their

engines like ROARING LIONS --

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175 INT. COMPACT CAR - CONTINUOUS 175

A WOMAN, 43, drives, drinking coffee, soft rock on the

radio. She passes Joy on side of the road, running in

the same direction. No coat on. Looks like she's in

trouble.

The Woman stops the car, rolling down her passenger side

window as Joy runs past --

WOMAN:

Hey, where's your Mommy? Where

you going, hon?

The Woman gets out of her car and Joy bolts away from her

across the street, RIGHT INTO THE PATH OF SPEEDING VAN --

The van slams on the brakes, SCREECHES OFF THE ROAD IN A

CLOUD OF RUBBER SMOKE AND SLAMS INTO A TREE.

The Woman runs to Joy and grabs hold of her, hugging her

writhing form --

176 INT. MASTER BEDROOM - THE DOVERS' HOUSE - DAY 176

The phone is RINGING. It’s dark, the curtains are drawn.

Grace emerges from the nest of blankets and picks up:

GRACE:

(groggy, into phone)

Hello?

She listens, sitting there in the darkness...

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177 INT. BATHROOM - THE DOVERS' HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER 177

Dirty clothes, wadded tissues and prescription bottles

crowd the vanity. The sound of Grace running from room

to room --

A:

(CONTINUED)

GRACE (O.S.)

Keller!? Ralph?!

She comes bursting into the bathroom and turns on the

cold water, splashing it on her face --

GRACE (CONT’D)

Wake up, Grace. Gotta wake up

now.

She accidentally knocks an open bottle of Xanax into the

sink, half the pills spill out into the rushing water.

She instinctively starts rescuing pills from the drain.

But before long she decides to let them go. She dumps

out the rest -- hears Keller’s truck pulling up out front

--

178 EXT. THE DOVERS' HOUSE - CONTINUOUS 178

Keller is walking towards the house when Grace comes

bursting out the front door in her nightgown -- puts her

palsied hands on him --

GRACE:

(frantic)

We need to go to the hospital.

They found Joy. She's alive.

They didn't -- they didn't --

She starts sobbing -- Keller steadying her.

KELLER:

What? What?

She hugs him hard, talking into his shoulder:

GRACE:

Not Anna. Joy was alone.

Anna wasn't with her --

Keller's POV, everything starts spinning, surreal, a news

van heading for the Birches’ house whooshes by --

GRACE (CONT’D)

We need to go see her. Maybe she

knows where Anna is --

KELLER:

No, I'll go, you stay in case --

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(CONTINUED)

Grace isn't listening, she runs around and gets in the

truck.

179 INT. HALLWAY - ST. CELESTINE HOSPITAL - DAY 179

A crowded hallway -- Detective Chemilinski, FRANKLIN’S

OLDER BROTHER with HIS WIFE. Keller pushes through,

Grace behind him, wearing his coat over her nightgown. A

COP stops them --

COP:

Nobody gets beyond this point --

Grace rushes right past him --

COP (CONT’D)

Miss!

He grabs her shoulder. She screams in his face:

GRACE:

Don't touch me!

Grace spots Franklin up the hall walking into a private

room. There! She bolts down the hall, Keller right

behind her --

COP:

Wait a minute!

180 INT. PRIVATE ROOM - ST. CELESTINE HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS 180

Franklin walks inside. Nancy sits by the bedside hanging

up her cell phone as TWO NURSES tend to Joy.

NANCY:

Eliza’s not picking up.

Before Franklin can answer Grace and Keller move inside --

the Cop right behind them --

COP:

You can’t be in here.

The Cop grabs Keller, starts to escort him out.

NANCY:

It's OK, It's OK --

The Cop looks at Keller and Grace, his demeanor softening

as he recognizes who they are...

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(CONTINUED)

COP:

Just for a minute -- then you

gotta go.

The Cop exits. Nancy lets Grace and Keller approach the

bed.

NANCY:

(to Grace and Keller)

They’re gonna find Anna too,

I know they are.

Grace and Keller aren't listening, mesmerized by the

sight of Joy lying there like some dream come to life.

Keller squats down by the bed and looks Joy in the eyes.

KELLER:

Was it far from our street? Joy?

Did it take long to get there?

NURSE:

You can’t be doing this now.

She’s been drugged. The detective

will be back in a minute, you need

to wait --

GRACE:

(to Joy)

Just tell us she's alive. Can you

give us a nod -- just nod your

head.

Joy says nothing. Grace tries to hold back tears, looks

at Keller -- Franklin and Nancy staring at them -- when --

Joy slowly reaches out and touches Keller’s hand --

looking like she’d only now just recognized him --

It’s dead silent as Joy’s eyes meet Keller’s. Everyone

watching, waiting, and then she speaks:

JOY:

You were there.

Keller’s eyes go wide...

KELLER:

What? I was where?

JOY:

It put tape on our mouths.

Everyone looks at Keller. He stares off, something

building behind his eyes...

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181 INT. HALLWAY - ST. CELESTINE HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS 181

Loki walks down the hallway with the uniformed Cop --

Loki looks seriously pissed --

LOKI:

I said nobody’s allowed in there

but her parents --

Up ahead Loki sees Keller walk out of the room. Keller’s

eyes meet Loki’s -- then --

Keller turns and heads in the opposite direction. Grace

comes out of the room --

GRACE:

Keller!

LOKI:

Where’s he going?

Loki clocks Grace’s expression; she has no idea. Loki

looks back down the hallway -- the door to the stairwell

swinging closed behind Keller. Loki turns and yells down

the hallway to the uniformed Cop --

LOKI (CONT’D)

Call downstairs! Don’t let him

leave!

182 EXT. ST. CELESTINE HOSPITAL - MOMENTS LATER 182

Keller runs out of the entrance, booking it for his truck

-- he hears voices starting to erupt behind him --

COP (O.S.)

Hey! Stop!

183 INT. KELLER’S TRUCK - PARKED/TRAVELING - CONTINUOUS 183

Keller gets in his truck -- starts it up, throws it in

gear and drives straight over a grassy median -- a

shortcut to the main road --

184 EXT. ST. CELESTINE HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS 184

Back to the entrance as Loki bursts out and runs to his

car -- across the way he sees Keller’s truck screeching

off down the road --

Loki gets in his sedan -- while two other cops run to

their cruisers --

185 INT. LOKI’S SEDAN - MOMENTS LATER 185

Loki starts the engine, backs out fast -- reverses his

car over the grassy median, the car shaking and bumping --

then spins out in the main road, oncoming traffic

swerving past him -- horns blaring -- he floors it,

picking up speed --

Loki speeds past car after car, then stops at an

intersection, craning his head, looking every which way --

LOKI:

Come on -- where the hell did you

go?

Keller’s truck is nowhere in sight.

LOKI (CONT’D)

F***. F***!

Loki thinks for a moment, blocking the

intersection...when something occurs to him. Suddenly

electrified he does a screeching u-turn -- looks like he

knows where he’s going --

186 EXT. APARTMENT HOUSE - DAY 186

Grace’s car pulls up in front of the apartment house.

Ralph gets out of the driver’s seat, he opens the back

door, grabs a duffle bag...

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